Wednesday, July 12, 2017

"Samgyetang" Ginseng Chicken Soup/ /人参鸡汤/삼계탕.

Dear friends, today is the Chobok (초복) in Korea, is the day that Koreans enjoy the Ginseng Chicken Soup/ Samgyetang.Samgyetang is a hot soup for hot summer days. It is especially popular to eat this chicken soup on sambok (삼복) days, which are three distinct days of the lunar calendar — Chobok (초복), Jungbok (중복), and Malbok (말복) - which are commonly among the hottest and most sultry days in Korea.[ It is believed to eat the soup thr...eetimes in this period is good for your health.Samgyetang (Korean pronunciation: [sʰamɡjetʰaŋ]) means ginseng (kor. insam) - chicken (kor. gye) - soup (kor. tang). It consists primarily of a whole young chicken (poussin) - filled with garlic and rice -, scallion and spices, among them jujube and Korean ginseng (source:wikipedia)亲爱的朋友们，今天是“初伏”Chobok (초복），是韩国人家家户户都会准备享用人参鸡汤的日子。但在韓國是在炎炎夏日食用、因為韓國人認爲只有在很熱的天氣吃、體內不好的東西隨汗水排出、讓人蔘雞這樣滋補的東西墊底、才有益身體健康。根据农历，一年之中，有三天是最热的日子，被称为“三伏”；初伏Chobok (초복), 中伏Jungbok (중복), 末伏Malbok (말복) 。韓式蔘雞湯（朝鮮漢字：蔘鷄湯；諺文：삼계탕）韓國的傳統名菜之一。以全隻嫩雞、腹中塞入糯米、佐以紅棗、薑、蒜和人蔘长时间炖煮製成。食用時配以蔥、鹽和胡椒。Recipe is available at http://kkimchi88.blogspot.kr/20…/…/ginseng-chicken-soup.html